56 ocean Eners. f:Iere jç; how our relj eJ ]i t now looks: REALITIES OF TRA "",SPORTATIO"\, LIST Conveyance Ocean Liner Steamboat ()nset of PleasurE' vVhen you buy your ticket \\Then you cc1tch ight of the boat \Vhen you get on board \-\Then it get" moving When it lands \Vhen you get out 'T"r ctin Bus, C--:1.r Airplane SulH\'ay (.l\ni111als are not incl uded; rLactions to theln are cOInplicated bv their reac- tion,; to people & al o vary accord- ing to individual pre judices on both sides. ) P. S. No. 2237 Î 5 is the official No. of the boat-soll1ething the govern- ll1ent gives evel y hoat at its birth as a W lY of keeping tLlck of it. 'The n 1111CS of boats often ch,tnge if the boat changes h.:lnds; the No. stays the saIne; MI. R. calls it a boat's Soci,ll Security No W E spent 1110St of our 1st 20 111ins on board the flall1ilton on the top looking at ll1idtown 1\1anhattan. (\\T e had 20 min to do thi,; because we didn't get under 'W'clY unti] 5 p lSt 10, so as to lbsorh stragglers.) It was the 1 st opportunity we have had in a long tilne to look at our city objec- /" "--- - - -------- - -- - --- - ==--- -- tively, owing to 1- fact we have discov- ered \\ dèlight; naInel), that as soon as you step on board the fla111ilton you have left the cit). This 111dkes the gang- plank of the H a cleady defined city litnit, as well as 111dking the top deck ,in ideal place for a closeup yiew frn out- side. It offers, in addition, a close- up view f111 an angle f111 \\<7bich the city '\\aç; not built to he diç;cerned. It was v disappointing, becausL Ne w Yurk did not at all resLlnble a genuine event. It was sort of like watching a politici'lll give a lna .lor speech f111 beside hirn, for a change, instead of f111 up fnt. Most of the tilne, the top deck is occupied ahnost eÀclusively b) kids, who sun thell1';;el\ es on folding wood- en chalrç;, to the clCco111pclnin1cn t of transistor radios, 1]] tuned to "r i\BC. There are 2..230 passengers on board today, including 3 charter groups (2 union outings & our Russian neigh- bors), according to J)an-including kids, old-ti111erç;, large tunilies, S0111e tourists, & a few freak , according to our o\\'n obser\ation. 1)<ln says it's a nice cro\ivd. i\. lot of the people are poor & either black 01 Puerto Rican, bound for Bedl Mt. It's the cheapest way no\\'ad"lj's to spend a day in the country. The fa111î1ies tend to gather on the --- 3 rd deck (the one below the top deck), & the 01d-ti111ers on the aloon-or 2nd-deck (our deck). There isn't 111uch to do at \,'7 est Pt exc tour the f\cade111Y, but D,in sa} s that a pretty good- i/ed group \vill get off there, & th,lt only dbt a ) 3 will stay on ho,lrd for the Po'kecpsie cruiç;e. 'rhere ,lre SOIne people who will get on at Be,tr l\Jt or ,it \V cst Pt to go fn1 1 pLiCL to the other, or to go on the CI uise. They ticklc l)<ln, because they n1can that the J)'lY line still carries tLlyellers lS wcll lS tI ipper , altho, he S<l} s, the H '\\'as really built to carry trippers, because they rcpL1ced travellers as the l)ay Line's principal sou rce of inC0111e shortly after \'T.y\1. I. This is probably the place for A Preli111in<:lr) Note on the Hudson River 1),1)' I"inc. rhe original Day Line went out of business in 194 , & the Ha111- Ilton has since been ope ra ted by oth- e rs ( iS h,ls already been in dica ted ) , .:lltho the naIne I)ay Line h,ls been 1 e- tained in 1 forll1 or another. The Day I.line 'W'clS founded in 1863 by Alfred Van Santvoord, & when it went out of bu in e 85 ) IS ttte r its pres w cl .i\lfred V,ln Santloord Olcott, so you can see it was v 111uch of a fan1ily firln, Olcott's fathel having lnarried Van Santvoord's daughter. I read up on this - 1' '- -- - - - <:::': - ...:> -------- --...:: -c; _.__ "' --.:...; r- _?>> --- -. -- ------- FIRST SIGHT OF NEW YORK FROM THE HAMILTON ------ r- -c;:- ---- ---